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Notes & Words 2018: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland at Fox Theater (feat. Dave Grohl) | Oakland, California | 5/12/2018 (Concert Review + Photos)

May 14, 2018 by Jason DeBord

Early in his rare solo acoustic headlining performance at Notes & Words 2018, Dave Grohl at once revealed his laid back humor and his insightful personal pondering on life and how it intersected with the feelings of the evening in his stream of consciousness commentary leading into one of his famous Foo Fighters songs: “As I was thinking about the setlist earlier… 15 minutes ago… [laughs] I thought that maybe that I would begin the set with this song, but then decided not to… But I think that this song is one of the ones that makes most sense tonight. I wrote this song in a period of my life where I was down… and I finally stopped and took at look at everything I had and all the things that I’d taken for granted. A wonderful home and appreciation of life, and love, and my friends. And the good things, and the good people, and the big picture and how we’re all connected in some way. I wrote this song and it’s called “Times Like These”.  Every year, there is magic all around at the Notes & Words: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital event, and it was off the charts again Saturday night, as per tradition.  The format remained the same – entertainment including both writers and musicians on stage – and this year featured musicians Dave Grohl with Emmett Reeed and Oakland School for the Arts, as well as writer George Saunders and, as always, writer and event host Kelly Corrigan.  The highlight of the evening for sure was watching Dave perform on stage with his two very talented daughters, Violet and Harper Grohl.  Not just the music, but the opportunity to see a loving family share with the crowd in such an amazing, candid and joyful way.  And all this good will went toward making new happy beginnings as seen with some of the real life stories shared by families who have been helped by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

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Wolf Alice at Ace of Spades | Sacramento, California | 3/17/2018 (Concert Review + Photos)

March 18, 2018 by Jason DeBord

“How we doing out there?” Ellie Rowsell with Wolf Alice at a rare appearance in Sacramento at Ace of Spades Saturday night, a few shows into their massive schedule taking them all over the world in 2018.  In addition to their own headlining shows, they are playing gigs in support of Queens of the Stone Age as well as shows across the festival circuit.  I’ve been following the band since 2015, and now with two studio albums under their belt (sophomore effort Visions of a Life came out late last year), they are better than ever, with a massive amount of killer songs to fill up their sets.  I’ve always seen them as a band made to play live, and they did not disappoint.  This concert will certainly rank among the top at the end of the year for me personally, so I can’t recommend enough getting out to one of their shows if they stop in at a city near you. [Read more…]

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Wolf Alice Tours “Visions of a Life” Around the World Throughout 2018

March 10, 2018 by Jason DeBord

Wolf Alice, the alternative band from London, will be playing all over the U.S. in the next few months, in both headlining shows and in support of Queens of the Stone Age, as well as dates overseas, including shows with Foo Fighters and many festival appearances. The group’s sophomore album, Visions of a Life, was released late last year. [Read more…]

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Dave Grohl to Headline Notes & Words 2018’s Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland at Fox Theater on May 12th

February 21, 2018 by Jason DeBord

The annual Notes & Words: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland event will be held at Fox Theater Oakland on Saturday, May 12th.  As per tradition, it will feature both writers and musicians on stage, this year including musicians Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Emmett Reed, and the Oakland School for the Arts and writers George Saunders and Kelly Corrigan. Notes & Words is an annual benefit concert created to support the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland; the Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland provides the highest quality medical care to children throughout California. [Read more…]

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Foo Fighters’ “Concrete and Gold Tour” Adds More Dates to Extend North American Tour 2017-2018

November 26, 2017 by Jason DeBord

One of the most popular tours of 2017, the Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold Tour has added seven new dates to their North American leg.  In addition to a second show at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, the band will be extending their tour with September and October 2018 with dates in Seattle, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Portland, and San Jose. [Read more…]

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Sound City Players at Hollywood Palladium | Hollywood, California | 1/31/2013 (Concert Review)

February 1, 2013 by Jason DeBord 11 Comments

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Last night Dave Grohl brought together some of his music icons from his newly released Sound City documentary on stage as part of his Sound City Players concert at the Hollywood Palladium.  The concert followed the Hollywood premiere of his film, just down the street earlier in the evening, and the legacy lived on with an epic show played before fans and VIPs in the upper levels of the packed venue.  It was nothing short of one of the most creative celebrations of rock music I’ve seen, with Stevie Nicks fronting the Foo Fighters-based group closing the night out with the powerful Fleetwood Mac hit, “Gold Dust Woman” (a track from one of the best albums of all time, Rumors, which itself is celebrating its 35th anniversary this week with a series of special reissues).  What an amazing concert, and one that will be long remembered by those in attendance at the show, which ran nearly three and a half hours. [Read more…]

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Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” Documentary Available for Pre-Order, To Be Released on February 1st

December 10, 2012 by Jason DeBord 2 Comments

Rock legend Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters has directed a feature length documentary, Sound City, about the historic Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.  The film is having its premiere screening at Sundance Film Festival, and is today available for pre-order for a limited time for only $10.  It will be available as a DRM-free download and streaming video on February 1, 2013. [Read more…]

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